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SENATE (REPRESENTATION OF TERRITORIES) ACT 1973 No. 39, 1974 - SECT 5 Powers, immunities and privileges of senator.

SENATE (REPRESENTATION OF TERRITORIES) ACT 1973 No. 39, 1974 - SECT 5

Powers, immunities and privileges of senator.
5. (1) A senator for a Territory has all the powers, immunities and privileges
of a senator for a State and-

   (a)  shall be included in the whole number of the senators for the purpose
        of ascertaining the number of senators necessary to constitute a
        meeting of the Senate for the exercise of its powers and, if present,
        shall be counted for the purpose of determining whether the necessary
        number of senators are present; and

   (b)  shall have a vote on all questions arising in the Senate.

(2) The provisions contained in sections 16, 19 and 20 and sections 42 to 48
(inclusive) of the Constitution, to the extent, if any, to which they do not
apply, by virtue of the Constitution, in relation to a senator for a
Territory, apply, by force of this Act, in relation to such a senator in the
same way as they apply in relation to other senators.